DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2

DanceDanceRevolution arcade releases
Main series
1st (Internet Ranking Version / Asia/North America)
2nd (CLUB VER.1 / CLUB VER.2)
3rd (VER.KOREA / Ver.KOREA2 / PLUS)
4th (PLUS) - 5th - MAX - MAX2 - EXTREME
SuperNOVA - SuperNOVA2 - X - X2 - X3 VS 2ndMIX
2013 - 2014 - A - A20 (PLUS) - A3 - WORLD
Spin-offs
Solo BASS - Solo 2000
Karaoke - Karaoke 2nd - KIDS - USA
TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON - DREAMS COME TRUE
Disney's RAVE
Dancing Stage European exclusive releases
1st / 1.5 - EuroMIX - EuroMIX2 - Fusion

DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2

 
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2's folder cover.

Release Information

  • Release dates:
    • August 22nd, 2007 (Japan)
    • January 17th, 2008 (North America)
  • DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2, under the title Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2, was planned for release in Europe. However, due to Sony's policy of exporting the original PlayStation 2 into European territories, the arcade game was cancelled.
  • Slogan: 超新星の煌き、再び! (choushinsei no kirameki, futatabi!) (Rough English: The sparkle of the supernova, again!)

General Information / Changes

  • A new scoring system is introduced, replacing the old one.
    • Marvelous timing is also now on all the time. Due to this, the player has to get a score of at least 990,000 now to obtain a AAA on a song.
  • First mainline DanceDanceRevolution arcade game with no new Dancemania licenses.
  • Many of the timing issues that plagued the original SuperNOVA have been fixed up.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to show icon for Premium Mode (JOINT or DOUBLE only) on upper right hand corner of title screen.
  • Character selection screen returns, shown after you have chosen either Single or Double mode.
    • Dancers now have facial animations, and two dancers can once more appear in VERSUS play.
    • Cut-ins are introduced, where a picture of the selected dancer appears after a set number of combos.
  • The Easy/Medium/Difficult/All Music modes from SuperNOVA have been combined into one mode called Standard Mode.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to display the song title and artist during gameplay.
  • e-AMUSEMENT support for DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 was planned for North America [1], but ultimately was only available during the location test on Brunswick Zone in Naperville, Illinois.
  • During VERSUS play, if one player's life gauge becomes empty, it will no longer refill and the score will no longer increment.
  • New speed modifiers introduced: x0.25 and x0.5.
  • Modifiers BRAKE and WAVE are now selectable along with BOOST.
  • ROULETTE selection was removed.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution title to have an intro movie since DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to allow unlock codes using 8 panels and selection buttons. This was used until DanceDanceRevolution X2.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to run countdown timer without delay when selecting from a set of songs.
    • The timer now displays a countdown until 00.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to show the PERFECT FULL COMBO message on stage results.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game where the player can set options on EXTRA STAGE.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution main arcade game to have SPECIAL ARROW types. This option is unlockable via ENJOY LEVEL, or using codes for North American machines.
  • First DanceDanceRevolution game to show a DANGER message on RISKY, CHALLENGE courses, and LIFE4. This message would not return until DanceDanceRevolution A.
  • Only DanceDanceRevolution game that allows sorting the song list by artist.
  • Last DanceDanceRevolution game wherein a player cannot set options (uses all default instead) on ENCORE EXTRA STAGE or in CHALLENGE mode.
  • Last DanceDanceRevolution game to feature Londell "Taz" Hicks as the announcer from DDRMAX.
  • Color labeling on the Music Select screen has changed since DDR SuperNOVA. It is now as follows:
    • Yellow for new licensed songs, along with special artist collaboration songs.
    • Green for new default Konami original songs (including BEMANI crossovers).
    • Orange for unlocked BEMANI crossover songs.
    • Purple for unlocked Konami originals that are a part of the planet-themed "GRAND CROSS" song series.
    • Pink for unlocked "GROOVE RADAR" challenge-only songs.
    • Red for FINAL STAGE, EXTRA STAGE, and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE songs.
      • When fully unlocked, these songs will appear green on the songwheel.
    • Blue for old songs that made their debut on DDR SuperNOVA.
    • White for old songs that made their debut prior to DDR SuperNOVA.
  • New songs: 62
  • Total songs: 357

Staff Information

Full credits: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 credits.

Full Song List

New Songs

Default Songs

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Licenses/Special Collaboration Songs
AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH SLOTH MUSIC PROJECT feat. MALAYA 120 1 4 5 8 - 4 6 8 -
ANGELUS -アンジェラス- 島谷ひとみ 131 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Burn Baby Burn SLOTH MUSIC PROJECT feat. ANDY L 156 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
COME CLEAN NM featuring Susan Z 108 1 3 5 7 - 3 6 7 -
FAINT PEGASUS 135 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
ME AGAINST THE MUSIC HELEN 130 1 4 6 7 - 4 6 7 -
My Favorite Things SLOTH MUSIC PROJECT feat. ALISON WADE 130 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
stealth DAISUKE ASAKURA 160 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
SUNRISE (JASON NEVINS REMIX) DURAN DURAN 130 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
switch DAISUKE ASAKURA ex. TËЯRA 152 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Trust -DanceDanceRevolution mix- Tatsh feat. ヨーコ 164 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Two Months Off TECHNO MASTERS 140 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Unbelievable EMF 104 1 3 6 7 - 3 6 7 -
WAITING FOR TONIGHT P.A.T 125 1 4 5 7 - 3 6 8 -
KONAMI originals
Default
A thing called LOVE D-crew 2 US 160 1 4 6 8 - 3 6 8 -
dream of love Kaori Nishina 114 1 2 5 6 - 3 5 7 -
Electrified SySF. 140 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 8 -
Every Day, Every Night (NM STYLE) LEA DROP feat. Ant Johnston 90 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
Freeway Shuffle dj TAKA 145 1 4 6 7 - 3 5 7 -
GIRIGILI門前雀羅 Cheki-ROWS 148 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Music In The Rhythm nc feat.触電 155 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 7 -
Shades of Grey Fracus 170 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Vem brincar Caldeira feat. Téka Penteriche 135 1 4 6 7 - 3 6 8 -
volcano Yasuhiro Abe 240 2 3 6 9 - 4 6 9 -
Why not Darwin 175 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Added on August 26th, 2007
SUNKiSS♥DROP jun with Alison 185 2 4 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
Added on January 17th, 2008
Saturn Mr.Saturn 78-155 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Added on February 28th, 2008
Poseidon NAOKI underground 75-300 3 4 7 8 - 3 5 8 -
BEMANI crossovers
Default
Blind Justice ~Torn souls, Hurt Faiths~
from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
Zektbach 137-165 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Raspberry♥Heart (English version)
from beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
jun feat. PAULA TERRY 160 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
Added on September 20th, 2007
FIRE
from GUITARFREAKS
泉 陸奥彦 184 2 3 6 8 - 2 5 8 -
Added on October 25th, 2007
Venus
from GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3
Tatsh+RayZY 195 2 4 7 9 - 4 7 9 -
Added on November 1st, 2007
Arrabbiata
from pop'n music 10
Reven-G改 225 3 7 8 9 - 7 8 9 -
Added on November 22nd, 2007
Bloody Tears(IIDX EDITION)
from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
DJ YOSHITAKA 170 1 2 4 8 - 2 4 8 -
Added on December 6th, 2007
MARS WAR 3
from pop'n music 13 カーニバル
JET GIRL SPIN 200 2 3 6 8 - 3 6 8 -
Added on December 13th, 2007
CaptivAte~誓い~
from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
DJ YOSHITAKA feat.A/I 160 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 9 -
Added on January 24th, 2008
Votum stellarum -forest #25 DDR RMX-
from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE
iconoclasm 140 1 2 5 8 - 2 5 8 -
CS songs
Default
Baby's Tears (スカイガールズ・オープニングテーマ)
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (Japan)
小坂りゆ 125-170 1 3 5 7 - 3 5 7 -
Feelings Won't Fade (Extend Trance Mix)
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
SySF. 144 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Flow (Jammin' Ragga Mix)
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
Scotty D. revisits U1 70-140 1 3 5 9 - 3 5 8 -
Fly away -mix del matador-
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
Shawn the Horny Master feat. ChiyoTia 130 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
Silver Platform -I wanna get your heart-
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
U1 Reincarnates w/Leah 140 1 3 4 7 - 3 5 7 -
SOUL CRASH
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (Japan)
nc ft. HARDCORE NATION 142 1 4 7 8 - 4 7 8 -
Star Gate Heaven (FUTURE LOVE Mix)
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
SySF. feat. Donna Burke 147 1 4 7 8 - 4 6 8 -
Trim
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)
kobo 85-340 3 5 8 10 - 5 8 10 -
Added on August 26th, 2007
MOONSTER
from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (Japan)
kobo uniting Marsha & D. 140 1 4 6 7 - 3 6 7 -


GROOVE RADAR Special Songs

The "GROOVE RADAR" Special songs are a set of six unlockable songs using the new e-AMUSEMENT members only feature, My GROOVE RADAR (Myグルーヴレーダー). They are all previously released songs by Naoki Maeda from DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX, 3rdMIX, 4thMIX, and DDRMAX2 with new CHALLENGE charts. Due to some of them having already CHALLENGE charts, these new special CHALLENGE charts were added individually in the SuperNOVA2 folder under their "GROOVE RADAR" Special related subtitles instead, with no other difficulty.

The first five songs are each associated to one of the GROOVE RADAR five parameters: STREAM, CHAOS, FREEZE, AIR and VOLTAGE. When a parameter reaches 100, the corresponding song is unlocked. In order to raise each parameter to 100, the player have to play songs that contain a high value of that parameter. In the case of DEAD END, it requires to have filled all of the five parameters to 100 in order to unlock it. On April 10th, 2008, the unlock period expired and these songs have been unlocked for normal play for everyone.

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
"GROOVE RADAR" Special Songs
AM-3P("CHAOS" Special) KTz 130 - - - - 10 - - - 9
B4U("VOLTAGE" Special) NAOKI 155 - - - - 10 - - - 9
BRILLIANT 2U("STREAM" Special) NAOKI 150 - - - - 9 - - - 9
D2R("FREEZE" Special) NAOKI 160 - - - - 8 - - - 9
DYNAMITE RAVE("AIR" Special) NAOKI 150 - - - - 6 - - - 7
Unlockable from August 29th, 2007
DEAD END("GROOVE RADAR" Special) N&S 95-380 - - - - 10 - - - 10


ZUKIN WARS

ZUKIN WARS was a monthly event exclusive to e-AMUSEMENT members. In it you're assigned to one of three teams - Red, Yellow, and Green. Before the Final Stage, you will receive a message with specific instructions. Complete the mission, and you'll defeat what the game calls "Dark Dancers". Defeat a certain amount will unlock a new song. Anyone on that team will also receive that song.

Event objectives and results

Episode Date Winner Prize DD Defeated
Green Red Yellow
Results for Japan
1. "Invasion of The Dark Dancers!"
「ダーク・ダンサーズ現る!」
9/5/2007 - 9/27/2007 Green L'amour et la liberté (Darwin & DJ Silver remix) 222 216 213 158 216 727
The prize is unlocked for normal play to the members of the Green Team and the players that defeated more than 840 Dark Dancers.
The prize was unlocked to the members of the Yellow Team on 10/11/2007, and for everyone on 10/18/2007.
2. "The Dark Dancers: The Second Coming"
「ダーク・ダンサーズ再び!」
10/18/2007 - 11/8/2007 Yellow STARS★★★ (Re-tuned by HΛL) -DDR EDITION- 140 617 130 661 142 544
The prize is unlocked for normal play to the members of the Yellow Team and the players that defeated more than 380 Dark Dancers.
The prize was unlocked to the members of the Green Team on 11/22/2007, and for everyone on 11/29/2007.
3. "Counterattack From Dark Dancers!"
「ダーク・ダンサーズの逆襲!」
11/29/2007 - 12/20/2007 Green 木星~組曲『惑星』より 139 834  138 230 136 074
The prize is unlocked for normal play to the members of the Green Team and the players that defeated more than 320 Dark Dancers.
The prize was unlocked to the members of the Red Team on 1/3/2008, and for everyone on 1/10/2008.
4. "The Dark Dancers: The Final Battle!"
「決戦!ダーク・ダンサーズ」
1/10/2008 - 1/31/2008 Yellow Uranus 137 364 129 329 143 080
The prize is unlocked for normal play to the members of the Yellow Team and the players that defeated more than 330 Dark Dancers.
The prize was unlocked to the members of the Green Team on 2/14/2008, and for everyone on 2/21/2008.

Unlockable Songs

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
ZUKIN WARS
Added on September 27th, 2007 (episode.1 Prize)
L'amour et la liberté (Darwin & DJ Silver remix) NAOKI in the MERCURE 70-140 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Added on November 8th, 2007 (episode.2 Prize)
STARS★★★ (Re-tuned by HΛL) -DDR EDITION-
from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
TЁЯRA 145 1 3 6 7 - 3 6 7 -
Added on December 20th, 2007 (episode.3 Prize)
木星~組曲『惑星』より PLEIADES PRODUCTION 145 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 8 -
Added on January 31st, 2008 (episode.4 Prize)
Uranus Tatsh SN 2 Style 81-162 1 3 5 8 10 3 5 8 10


FINAL STAGE/EXTRA STAGE/ENCORE EXTRA STAGE Songs

In SuperNOVA2, the requirements for the EXTRA STAGE changed and the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE was renamed ENCORE EXTRA STAGE. At first, the player had to get A on the 1st or 2nd STAGE to unlock hidden song(s) for the FINAL STAGE. Getting an A allow the player to unlock the easiest difficulty played while a AA unlocks all difficulty levels. Getting a AA or higher on Unreal, or the FINAL song on Random, earns the player the EXTRA STAGE - NGO (for example). Getting a AA on NGO unlocks TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX as the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE.

At the launch of the game, these 3 songs were selected to be part of the system to get to the EXTRA and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE. As time went on, new songs were added via e-AMUSEMENT as ENCORE EXTRA STAGE at first. Following the time schedule below, the songs were moved gradually from being ENCORE EXTRA STAGE songs to the EXTRA STAGE, then to the FINAL STAGE before being completely unlocked for everyone on normal play.

On FINAL STAGE, the available difficulties for Unreal, NGO, TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX, PARANOiA (HADES), Pluto, and Pluto Relinquish depend on the performance grade the player obtains on any stage prior to FINAL STAGE:

  • AA or AAA: all difficulties available (except CHALLENGE).
  • A on any difficulty: only that difficulty is available (except CHALLENGE). If an A is obtained in CHALLENGE difficulty, EXPERT will be available for FINAL STAGE instead.

By clearing the above songs (or RANDOM, using the available difficulties for NGO) on FINAL STAGE with a AA or AAA, EXTRA STAGE will be available afterwards.

On EXTRA STAGE, the player must select either NGO, TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX, PARANOiA (HADES), Pluto, or Pluto Relinquish using their available difficulty (or RANDOM, using the available difficulty for NGO) and obtain AA or AAA to proceed to ENCORE EXTRA STAGE afterwards.

During EXTRA STAGE, the LIFE GAUGE is restricted to LIFE4; the number of lives on EXTRA STAGE depend on the score obtained on FINAL STAGE.

Score on FINAL STAGE Number of lives on EXTRA STAGE
990,000 - 1,000,000 4
975,000 - 989,990 3
962,500 - 974,990 2
0 - 962,490 1


Unlock schedule

Song ENCORE EXTRA STAGE EXTRA STAGE FINAL STAGE Normal Play Unlock
Unreal - - 8/22/2007 - 12/26/2007 12/27/2007
NGO - 8/22/2007 - 10/17/2007 10/18/2007 - 2/6/2008 2/7/2008
TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX 8/22/2007 - 12/26/2007 10/11/2007 - 1/9/2008 1/10/2008 - 2/20/2008 2/21/2008
PARANOiA (HADES) 9/27/2007 - 12/26/2007 11/29/2007 - 2/13/2008 2/14/2008 - 3/12/2008 3/13/2008
Pluto 11/8/2007 - 1/2/2008 1/3/2008 - 2/20/2008 2/21/2008 - 3/26/2008 3/27/2008
Pluto Relinquish 12/20/2007 - 1/30/2008 1/31/2008 - 3/19/2008 3/20/2008 - 4/2/2008 4/3/2008

Unlockable Songs

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
FINAL/EXTRA STAGE/ENCORE EXTRA STAGE Songs
Default
Unreal Black Rose Garden 90-180 2 5 7 9 - 6 8 9 -
NGO 鍋島圭一 68-274 3 6 7 9 10 5 7 9 10
TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX DE-SIRE改 160 1 4 7 9 10 4 7 9 10
Added on September 27th, 2007
PARANOiA (HADES) αTYPE-300 75-300 3 7 8 9 10 7 9 10 10
Added on November 8th, 2007
Pluto Black∞Hole 50-220 2 6 8 9 10 6 8 9 10
Added on December 20th, 2007
Pluto Relinquish 2MB 100-800 3 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10


Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last arcade or console appearance:

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Abyss DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX - 2→3 - - - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME - - - 10→9 9→8 - - 10→9 9→10
Flow (Jammin' Ragga Mix) DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America) - - - 8→9 - - - - -

Removed Songs

The following songs from previous arcade/console releases of DanceDanceRevolution have been removed from this game:

Song Title Artist Folder
20,november DJ nagureo DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
Be in my paradise JJ COMPANY DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
celebrate JJ COMPANY DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
Dr.LOVE baby weapon feat.Asuka.M DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
Jam Jam Reggae jam master'73 DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
ska a go go THE BALD HEADS DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
gentle stress(SENSUAL MIX) MR.DOG feat. DJ SWAN DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX
Jam Jam Reggae RICE.C feat. jam master '73 DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX

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